Jury selection continued today in the trial of an unlicensed driver accused of killing a Tour de Palm Springs bicyclist and severely injuring another when he lost control of his car while high on drugs and speeding to get around the competitors in Indio Hills. Ronnie Ramon Huerta Jr., 26, of Desert Hot Springs is
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Kylie Atwood, CNN The ISIS-K leader who planned the deadly 2021 suicide bombing at the Kabul international airport’s Abbey Gate was killed by the Taliban, according to the National Security Council. The administration didn’t name the ISIS-K leader, but John Kirby, the National Security Council’s coordinator for strategic communications,
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By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press U.S. prosecutors who introduced Russian spy intrigue into a case of a couple accused of living for decades in Hawaii under stolen identities are now saying they don’t want jurors to hear about the foreign uniforms the couple was photographed in. A U.S. judge granted the request, ruling that
Continue Reading By AMY BETH HANSON and SAM METZ Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s House speaker canceled a Tuesday floor session a day after seven protesters were arrested for disrupting proceedings with demands that Rep. Zooey Zephyr, a transgender Democrat silenced by lawmakers for comments against a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care, be allowed
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN Oprah Winfrey appeared at CinemaCon for her first time in Las Vegas on Tuesday to present a new film that is near and dear to her heart — a musical reboot of 1985’s acclaimed “The Color Purple,” based on the novel of the same name by Alice Walker. Winfrey, who starred
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Chief Justice John Roberts has notified Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin that he won’t testify at an upcoming hearing on Supreme Court ethics, instead releasing a new statement signed by all nine justices that is meant to provide “clarity” to the public about the high court’s
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom and Dan Heching, CNN Ryan Gosling has been busy channeling his inner Ken doll while portraying the iconic toy in the upcoming live-action “Barbie” movie, but he admits that he had some doubts at first. Speaking on stage at the “Barbie” CinemaCon panel in Las Vegas during Tuesday’s presentation by Warner Bros.
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High temperatures peaked in the upper-90s this afternoon, which will result in a warm evening with temperatures cooling into the mid-80s around 8:00 p.m. Warmer-than-normal temperatures have been consistent for the past five days, and that count will only increase through the upcoming weekend. A ridge of high pressure will expand east for the latter
Continue Reading By TRISHA AHMED and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press With the enforcement of one abortion ban held up by the courts, North Dakota lawmakers are trying a different version. The new one, signed into law this week, includes exceptions for rape and incest — but only if the abortions are obtained in the first six weeks
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s advertising malaise persisted during the first quarter while the internet company also grapples with advancements in artificial intelligence technology that threaten to undercut its dominant search engine. An unprecedented downturn in Google’s digital ad revenue – the company’s main moneymaker for more than 20
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s advertising malaise persisted during the first quarter while the internet company also grapples with advancements in artificial intelligence technology that threaten to undercut its dominant search engine. An unprecedented downturn in Google’s digital ad revenue – the company’s main moneymaker for more than 20
Continue Reading By AMY TAXIN and JAE C. HONG Associated Press LEMOORE, Calif. (AP) — Ron Caetano is packed and ready to go. His family photos and valuables are in the trailer and he’s put food in carry totes. He moved the rabbits and chickens and their automatic feeders to higher ground. He and his family and
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A rural Arizona county where leaders have embraced voting machine conspiracies on Tuesday hired an elections director who has promoted the false claims that voter fraud cost former President Donald Trump reelection in 2020. The two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A rural Arizona county where leaders have embraced voting machine conspiracies on Tuesday hired an elections director who has promoted the false claims that voter fraud cost former President Donald Trump reelection in 2020. The two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former girlfriend of actor Danny Masterson testified Tuesday that he had grown increasingly abusive and controlling during their five-year relationship when he raped her in their bed in November of 2001. The woman, a model who had begun dating Masterson in 1996, shortly before
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former girlfriend of actor Danny Masterson testified Tuesday that he had grown increasingly abusive and controlling during their five-year relationship when he raped her in their bed in November of 2001. The woman, a model who had begun dating Masterson in 1996, shortly before
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota House is considering a “red flag law” to allow the temporary confiscation of guns from people judged to be an immediate threat to themselves or others, as well as another proposal for expanded background checks for firearms transfers. The two gun-safety measures were
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — La reina Charlotte está por llegar a Netflix. Los distinguidos seguidores de “Bridgerton” podrán descubrir la historia detrás de, como indica el servicio de streaming, la monarquía que logró reinventar este universo creado por Shonda Rhimes. La serie, en formato limitado, contará con tan solo 6 episodios y se
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Two tobacco companies have agreed to pay over $600 million to US authorities over allegations that the companies were selling tobacco products to North Korea in violation of US sanctions. The agreement was simultaneously announced with criminal charges against the two companies for North Korean sanctions violation, conspiracy
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México aplazó la Reunión de Alto Nivel para la Integración Agroalimentaria, programada para mayo, debido al diagnóstico de covid-19 del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, dijo la cancillería en un comunicado este martes. “La Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores informa que la Primera Reunión de Alto
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